Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Bible References

Foolish

Proverbs 10:1
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17:21
He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

The contentions

Proverbs 21:9
It is better to live in a corner of a roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 27:15
A constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;
Job 14:19
Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

General references

Proverbs 17:25
A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 25:24
It is better to live in a corner of the roof
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Matthew 19:10
The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”